Newsworthy

I like to turn on the Today Show right at 7am and listen to the headline news. I usually only get abut 10 or 15 minutes of news before the kids get up and then I get busy and don't really pay attention anymore. Before I say what my point is I want to clarify that I love celebrity gossip. I can't help myself, I just do. However, sometimes I just get sick of hearing about something/someone. I also can NOT STAND when celebrities get all preachy. I mean just because you have more money and a venue for publicly stating your opinions does not make them better than mine or anyone else's. I don't like it when celebrities endorse someone for political office because I think nothing beats good old fashion research of my own and then forming my OWN opinion.

Back to my point. The headlines this morning on the Today Show were....

The mother of that was driving the wrong way on the highway and killed 8 people.
The plane that crashed with a helicopter and killed 5 people.
AND
Kate from Jon & Kate Plus 8 - how is she coping since the separation and why she is still wearing her wedding ring.

SERIOUSLY?!?!

Do we think these things even compare?!?!?

I mean the first 2 are without doubt tragedies, for everyone involved and Kate is a fame seeking, money hungry mother of 8 that is now like thousands of other women in the world, except she gets to work from home and hire nannies and cleaning people.

I actually watched the show in the beginning and thought the kids were cute and blah blah blah but then a few episodes later I realized that there is no way a family of 10 could afford to do all the things they were doing. It was not a reality show about a family, it was about a family with a reality show. That's not my line, I heard that somewhere but think it's true.

I'm off my soapbox now and I'm going to watch Dating in the Dark!